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Happy New Year 2011!!

What can i say :D may the new year 2011 bring to you lots and lots of money, health and muscles! Cheers, take a break and get drunk, it`s worth it! Off season for 1 day ! :)

Arnold Schwarzenegger Admitted Steroid Usage

Statements from Arnold Schwarzenegger himself about steroid usage during a period of time. 1974 Arnold Schwarzenegger on steroid usage: "I take steroids because they help me an extra 5 percent. Women take the (contraception) pill. They are somewhat similar. I do it under a doctor's supervision." 1977 Arnold Schwarzenegger on steroid usage: "Yes I have used steroids, but no, they didn't make me what I am. Anabolic steroids were helpful to me in maintaining muscle size while on a strict di...

A Big Breakfast for Big Muscle Gains

Breakfast is your post workout meal but also probably the most important meal of the day to promote muscle growth. After hours of fasting your body is primed to absorb and utilise far more nutrients than it is able to at other times from the meals in that day. Blood glucose levels are low, muscle glycogen and amino acid stores are low and your body will be in a state of dehydration, you are like a zombie. When you eat that breakfast, your body will release a hugely anabolic hormone called in...

Goals around Body Perfect Fitness and Muscle Health

These are S.M.A.R.T Goals around Body Perfect Fitness and Muscle Health: S- Specific- Please make sure you know exactly what you are trying to accomplish. Lose 20 pounds, Get body fat percentage to 16%, etc. M- Measurable- How are you going to track it. A scale, a tape measure, or a special instrument. Also keep in mind how often as well. Daily, weekly,etc. A- Acceptable- Does it make sense? R- Realistic- Can you reach this goal in the time you set in the amount you want.Like losing 20 ...

Bottled Water with High Bacterial Rates in Canada

More than 70 per cent of bottled water samples from Canada contain bacterial rates that far exceed recommended limits in the U.S., suggests a study at a general meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in San Diego. Montreal-based C-crest Laboratories Inc. conducted the research after a company employee complained of a foul taste and illness after drinking some bottled water that had high bacterial rates. The U.S. bacterial limit isn`t bigger than 500 colony-forming units of bacteria p...

Excessive Water Consumption Can Poison You!

You probably know that in bodybuilding in order to grow muscles and even rest them you need to drink a lot of water but remember something: Excessive Water Consumption Can And Will Poison You! Yeah, i know that your next question is about the quantity of water that can poison (intoxicate) you but the answer isn`t that simple.. the level of poisoning (intoxication) depends on weight in most cases but believe me, your body knows when you exaggerate with the water consumption and it will aler...

Attention! Too much fruit eating makes you fat!

From the start i have to tell you that ironically, in most cases only fat people that try fruit diets get fat and athletic persons remain the same because they need the caloric intake for the muscles but i will explain more, later in this post.Fruits are beneficial for health but excess consumption will only bring extra pounds !It`s true that fruits contain vitamins, fibers and antioxidants wich protect us from various diseases, but a large quantity of eaten fruits isn`t recommended even if you ...

Gerard Butler`s Workout and Diet Plan

In my personal opinion, Gerard Butler is a great scottish actor with charm and a funny person.. After filming the movie "300", Gerard got famous i might say for his shredded body with well defined muscles (great physique), and now recently after filming "The Bounty Hunter" he also got a new girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston. I think they look nice together but Gerard Butler is picky with his girls and now he was seen with a french 29 year old lady named Laurie Chloewa. All the muscles you see on G...

Muscle Atrophy

What is Atrophy?Well when you refere to it as an illness you`re probably right because in many cases atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body and it`s caused by mutations, poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support but it also appears when you don`t exercise your muscles and it`s called muscle atrophy.Muscle AtrophyMuscle atrophy as i`ve said earlier, appears when you disuse your muscles and it`s followed by loss of mass and strength. For example if...

World Health Day – 7 April 2010

1000 Cities, 1000 LivesWith the campaign 1000 cities, 1000 lives, events will be organized worldwide during the week of 7 – 11 April 2010.The global goals of the campaign are: 1000 cities: to open up public spaces to health, whether it be activities in parks, town hall meetings, clean-up campaigns, or closing off portions of streets to motorized vehicles. 1000 lives: to collect 1000 stories of urban health champions who have taken action and had a significant impact on health in their cities. Or...